William
@wmborgers.bsky.social
IT, nerd, geek, football fan (both kinds). Heavy in the morning, metal in the night. Blue dot in an ocean of red. He/him/his
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Fucking _this_.
I say the same thing to everyone planning to move from Cali to Seattle for tech: "We are 47.6 degrees North. Higher than Toronto or Montreal, higher than the northern border of Maine. We have 16 hours of night per day during Dec, and this will fuck you up more than the rain does."
I say the same thing to everyone planning to move from Cali to Seattle for tech: "We are 47.6 degrees North. Higher than Toronto or Montreal, higher than the northern border of Maine. We have 16 hours of night per day during Dec, and this will fuck you up more than the rain does."
like folks I would LIKE to be able to take advantage of a number of attractive far-north places except for the minor detail of “my brain initiates a genuine and totally implacable self-destruct switch sometime around mid-December” in dark cold climates
December 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Fucking _this_.
I say the same thing to everyone planning to move from Cali to Seattle for tech: "We are 47.6 degrees North. Higher than Toronto or Montreal, higher than the northern border of Maine. We have 16 hours of night per day during Dec, and this will fuck you up more than the rain does."
I say the same thing to everyone planning to move from Cali to Seattle for tech: "We are 47.6 degrees North. Higher than Toronto or Montreal, higher than the northern border of Maine. We have 16 hours of night per day during Dec, and this will fuck you up more than the rain does."
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literally fuck anyone who doesn’t see at this point that it’s an organized nationwide effort to make trans people unemployable.
every trans person they push out of public life is a win for them & a whole hell of a lot of cis people need to start stepping up and saying fuck off to freaks like this.
every trans person they push out of public life is a win for them & a whole hell of a lot of cis people need to start stepping up and saying fuck off to freaks like this.
December 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
literally fuck anyone who doesn’t see at this point that it’s an organized nationwide effort to make trans people unemployable.
every trans person they push out of public life is a win for them & a whole hell of a lot of cis people need to start stepping up and saying fuck off to freaks like this.
every trans person they push out of public life is a win for them & a whole hell of a lot of cis people need to start stepping up and saying fuck off to freaks like this.
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This is absolutely fucking bananas the way that these people are *so close* to getting it but still manage to miss it by a fucking mile.
December 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This is absolutely fucking bananas the way that these people are *so close* to getting it but still manage to miss it by a fucking mile.
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Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.
December 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.
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shivering in dread at the idea of drinking liquid goose fat (but I don’t like eggnog under normal conditions)
December 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
shivering in dread at the idea of drinking liquid goose fat (but I don’t like eggnog under normal conditions)
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New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
December 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
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Just want to point out how funny/sad it is that the same people who will refuse to refer to a trans woman as "she" have no problem calling ChatGPT "she."
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Just want to point out how funny/sad it is that the same people who will refuse to refer to a trans woman as "she" have no problem calling ChatGPT "she."
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There's nothing we love more than to see independent bookstores thriving. Indie bookstores are essential community hubs and foster a love of reading that is unmatched, and we're proud to be part of the movement that keeps them in business.
www.fastcompany.com/91461983/ind...
www.fastcompany.com/91461983/ind...
Indie bookstores are making a shocking, triumphant comeback
Since 2020, the number of independent bookstores in the U.S. grew by 70%.
www.fastcompany.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
There's nothing we love more than to see independent bookstores thriving. Indie bookstores are essential community hubs and foster a love of reading that is unmatched, and we're proud to be part of the movement that keeps them in business.
www.fastcompany.com/91461983/ind...
www.fastcompany.com/91461983/ind...
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It's so jarring to see how truly out of touch executives and upper management are, not just with what the public wants and expects, but with what their organizations actually even do
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It's so jarring to see how truly out of touch executives and upper management are, not just with what the public wants and expects, but with what their organizations actually even do
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getting kids up at the asscrack of dawn is bad for them! we’ve had actual research on this shit! it doesn’t build character, it just means they’re tired and cranky and don’t learn as well
No it's because for some of us it is more convenient to drive our kid to school than to have to get them up at 530 in the morning to be able to make the bus at 615 and then have them sit on the bus for an hour and a half on the way home too. 8 year old should not have a 530am-430pm day
What should I have expected from the hand wringing was website but people who are smothering their kids in the hope that their kid will never ever develop the independent skills to actually leave. If you're going to do this, get a dog, it's less cruel.
December 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
getting kids up at the asscrack of dawn is bad for them! we’ve had actual research on this shit! it doesn’t build character, it just means they’re tired and cranky and don’t learn as well
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!!!!! AMAZE
#formline #telekitneticart #indigenousart #paleoart
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December 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
!!!!! AMAZE
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(From Pratchett's "I Shall Wear Midnight")
I hope, oh, do I hope, that I do not have to wait until 2026, or 2030, or until I die, for the rough music to begin to play for Trump et al.
I hope, oh, do I hope, that I do not have to wait until 2026, or 2030, or until I die, for the rough music to begin to play for Trump et al.
December 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
(From Pratchett's "I Shall Wear Midnight")
I hope, oh, do I hope, that I do not have to wait until 2026, or 2030, or until I die, for the rough music to begin to play for Trump et al.
I hope, oh, do I hope, that I do not have to wait until 2026, or 2030, or until I die, for the rough music to begin to play for Trump et al.
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I will never forgive RFK Jr. for what he’s done… never.
The layers of hell he has unleashed in many different areas — not just healthcare — over the past two decades have caused so much damage, it’s overwhelming.
He is one of the greatest villains of the 21st century.
The layers of hell he has unleashed in many different areas — not just healthcare — over the past two decades have caused so much damage, it’s overwhelming.
He is one of the greatest villains of the 21st century.
December 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I will never forgive RFK Jr. for what he’s done… never.
The layers of hell he has unleashed in many different areas — not just healthcare — over the past two decades have caused so much damage, it’s overwhelming.
He is one of the greatest villains of the 21st century.
The layers of hell he has unleashed in many different areas — not just healthcare — over the past two decades have caused so much damage, it’s overwhelming.
He is one of the greatest villains of the 21st century.
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Fuck you, Epic. I don't want to have the fucking Harry Potter game even if it's free.
December 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Fuck you, Epic. I don't want to have the fucking Harry Potter game even if it's free.
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Every day brings us closer to this reality.
December 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Every day brings us closer to this reality.
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I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
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Faine, I write boardgame rules. Procedures people follow to *have fun.* I write tutorials about these subjects.
Twice this year, I have had someone reach out to me with rules questions because they fed the PDFs of my rulebooks into LLMs for summaries and couldn't understand the summary.
Twice this year, I have had someone reach out to me with rules questions because they fed the PDFs of my rulebooks into LLMs for summaries and couldn't understand the summary.
a cartoon character with an angry face and the words `` seriously ? '' next to him .
Alt: A cartoon character wearing a white shirt and tie and slacks, with red skin,with an angry face and the words `` seriously ? '' next to him. The top of his head erupts in a pillar of flame.
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Faine, I write boardgame rules. Procedures people follow to *have fun.* I write tutorials about these subjects.
Twice this year, I have had someone reach out to me with rules questions because they fed the PDFs of my rulebooks into LLMs for summaries and couldn't understand the summary.
Twice this year, I have had someone reach out to me with rules questions because they fed the PDFs of my rulebooks into LLMs for summaries and couldn't understand the summary.
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It's a longshot people will get this joke
December 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It's a longshot people will get this joke
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A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
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Thomas Paine: [titles his pamphlet “American Crisis No. 1.”]
Me, living through crisis No. 489: Thanks for cursing us, Tom!
Me, living through crisis No. 489: Thanks for cursing us, Tom!
December 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Thomas Paine: [titles his pamphlet “American Crisis No. 1.”]
Me, living through crisis No. 489: Thanks for cursing us, Tom!
Me, living through crisis No. 489: Thanks for cursing us, Tom!
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.